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I like to think of myself as a tea snob. Maybe not a snob, but at least someone who can justify the time and expense I spend on buying, making and drinking tea. But I have recently learned a valuable … Continue reading →

For months now, in times when I have let this blog lag, I have puzzled over why a certain post from last year (which has nothing to do with tea) has consistently gotten more hits than any other post. There … Continue reading →

A modern day tea party may be brewing in Israel following a report that the country’s largest tea company, which has an 80 percent monopoly in that country, has been hiking costs to its fellow countrymen. The Wissotzky Tea company, … Continue reading →

I guess Christmas season is the time when everyone who likes the idea of loose tea, but considers it too much of a pain to make, gives other people tea as a gift. That may explain the prominence this holiday … Continue reading →

Say you’re suddenly craving that loose green tea you’ve had sitting around for several months. You go to open the can — not exactly airtight, but pretty close — and the first thing you notice is a web. The second … Continue reading →

I just discovered Google Trends. Maybe everyone else already heard about this as a neat new fast way to track the spread of the flu, but it’s new to me. For those who are more out of it than me, … Continue reading →

I’ve been obsessed with Mormons ever since I read “Under the Banner of Heaven” by Jon Krakauer last year, and recently I’ve been relieved to find I’m not the only one. Besides the TV shows like “Big Love,” a fictional … Continue reading →

It’s been less than two months since I got a shipment of two half-kilo bags of jasmine green tea. Yesterday I kicked one of the two bags. That’s about 10 grams a day, which doesn’t sound like an exorbitant amount, … Continue reading →

My research into the phenomenon of “sweet tea” — a trend now so widespread that brands from McDonald’s to Snapple to Southern Comfort have started marketing their own versions — has uncovered the following primary differences between what I’d like … Continue reading →

Drinking loose Sencha tea, an unflavored Japanese-style green. Bought it from Heavenly Tea. I figured it’s an appropriate way to support the country after the devastating earthquake for someone with no money to donate. According to very quick research, Japanese … Continue reading →